Heart diseases are common and significant contributors to worldwide mortality and morbidity. During recent years complement mediated inflammation has been shown to be an important player in a variety of heart diseases. Despite some negative results from clinical trials using complement inhibitors, emerging evidence points to an association between the complement system and heart diseases. Thus,...

background and aims. periodontal disease is common among adults and is a potential source of chronic inflammation. recent data have suggested an important role for chronic inflammation in the development of coronary heart disease (chd). the purpose of this study was to address cardiologists’ knowledge regarding the effects of periodontal diseases on coronary heart system. materials and methods....

By definition, myocardiopathies or cardiomyopathies (CM) are heart muscle diseases that cause structural and functional myocardial abnormalities in the absence of coronary artery disease, hypertension, valvular congenital disease., CM constitute a very heterogeneous group one leading causes death either from end-stage failure sudden due to arrythmias. According phenotype, may be classified into...

Heart diseases are common these days due to unhealthy food habits. One of the biggest causes of deaths today is heart diseases. These need to be monitored and diagnosed early to shun deaths because of coronary heart diseases. ECG signal i.e. Electrocardiogram signal is used to detect the heart disease, an individual is suffering from. The ECG signal formed will let the doctor know about the hea...

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of death in the U.S., with a mortality rate in 1993 of 366.3/100,000 population.1 There are approximately 1.5 million myocardial infarctions (MIs) annually and nearly 500,000 deaths from ischemic heart disease.1,2 Each year, about 150,000 Americans die from stroke.1,2 The cost to the U.S. of medical care and lost productivity due to cardiovascular ...

We investigated the relationship between geography and incidence of coronary heart disease, looking at deficiency of sunlight and thus of vitamin D as a factor that might influence susceptibility and thus disease incidence. Sunlight deficiency could increase blood cholesterol by allowing squalene metabolism to progress to cholesterol synthesis rather than to vitamin D synthesis as would occur w...

Background Kawasaki Disease (KD) is a vasculitis with multi-organ involvementof unknown etiology; it is the most common cause of pediatric-heart diseases in developed countries. Treatment with Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) prevents coronary artery lesions; although there are some IVIG-resistant cases, combination therapy with corticosteroids and IVIG is one of the recommendations for treatm...

 Background: Coronary arteriovenous fistulas (CAVFs) are direct connections from one or more coronary arteries to cardiac chambers or a large vessel. They are mostly of congenital origin. The aim of this study was to describe clinical presentation and also delineate the course and management of CAVF. Methods: Clinical data, chest x-rays, echocardiographic and angiographic evaluation of...

The screening and best treatment for coronary heart disease in diabetic patients is still a matter of debate. For this reason the main Italian scientific societies dealing with diabetes and cardiovascular diseases have tried to finalize a document providing shared recommendations based on the available evidence on : 1) how and who to screen for coronary heart disease, 2) methodologies for the c...